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Specification .0: Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO HAISS, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing in Marietta, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, havingdeclared my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, have invented certain Improvements in Forging-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

' One object of my inventionis to provide a forging press of the hydraulic intensifier type having its various parts so arranged.

" of the same general class and capacity; the

invention contemplating a noveltorm of automatically acting valve mechanism whereby the operation of the steam intensifier is controlled. i

I further desire to provide a machine of the above noted type in which the controlling lever and its associated mechanism shall be of novel form and mode of operation, and which, while accomplishin the varied ad'- justments of the reciproca ing ram or movable anvil with the utmost exactness and dismantling the machine.

certainty, shall be relatively simple in construction.

Another object of my invention is to provide novel means for preventing leakage be tween the plunger and the cylinder of the press with a view to permitting of the rapid insertion and removal of packing without These objects and other advantageous L ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying draw-' in s in which:

Fig. 2; Figs. 3? and 3" are fragmentary sections on the lines'ee and ff, Fig. 2; Fig; 4 is avertical section of thelow pressure water and steam cylinders associated w1th the forging "press; Fig. 5 isa vertical section illustratingthe detail construction;

; and arrangement ofthe valves fbrthe steam ;cylinder of the intensifier; Fig. 5 is a sec- ;tion on the line g'g, Fig. '5; Fig. 6 is' a vertical section oft-he controlling valve for the pull back cylinders; Figs. 7 and"8 are irespectivel y a. side'elevation and a vertical @section of the check valve for the press cyl-' inder; Figs. 9 and 10 are vertical sections .the press .cylinder and its fixed plunger; Fig. 11 is a horizontal section on the line 'b-b, Fig.9; Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the upper part of the low pressure water supply cylinder illustrating the mechanism associated therewith; Fig. 18 is a transverse fillustratmg-the detail construction of the; Tapparatus for preventing leakage between v 1r t nteatiay1a-191ai Application meura 14,1912. Serial meaazo'z.

section on the line cc, Fig. 3 Fig. 14 is an enlarged vertical section illustrating the detail construction of the floating valve gear and its associated parts; Fig. 15 is a fragmentary elevation further illustrating the apparatus shown in Fig. 14; Fig. 16 is .a' tfra'gmentary vertical section onthe line dd, Fig. 14; Fig. 17 is a .vertical section taken through the controlling lever and its associated parts; Fig. 18 is a rear'elevation of a portion of the controlling lever and f the movable catch associated therewith; Figs. 19 to 23 are front elevations of the pivoted end of the controlling lever and certain of the parts associated therewith;

Figs. 24 to 28' are. front elevations illustrating the controlling lever and its various co-acting parts in certain of the positions occupied under operative conditions; and Figs. 29 to 31, inclusive, are diagrams illustrating the various operations of the press "when the controlling lever is moved.

Inthe above drawings 1 represents the main supporting frame of the press which has a lower die or anvil 2 mounted on said frame, and an upper die ortanvil 3. This upper anvil is mountedin any suitable man igure 1 is a side elevation of a forging. press constructed according to 'my invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation, partly in? section, of theapparatus shown in Fig. 1; I Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line H 'at opposite sides with elongated vertically adjustable V-guides 5 which cooperate with suitably shaped guide ribs 6 on the sides of said cylinder 4. Said guides are longitudinally slightly tapered or wedge:shaped bedrica-l cavity of the press frame provided ing held in any adjusted position by aseries of bolts'6 and capable of being adjusted by a bolt 7 in engagement with the ,frame 1, when said bolts 6 are properly loosenedf As shown in Figs. 3 and 9 to 11, inclusive, the upper part of the frame 1, adjacent the upper end of the guideways for the cylinder 4, has screwed or otherwise rigidly fixed to it a cap structure 8 preferably in the form of a-casting having rigidly fixed to its suitably formed upper part 9, a stationary plunger 10 designed to cooperate with the hydraulic cylinder 4. It is noted that the cap structure is of relatively small vertical height and has within it a relatively short passage 11, communicating with a passage 12 extending through the plungerlO and opening at the lower end thereof so as to be capable of delivering water into the .interior of the cylinder 4. The opposite end of said passage 11 communicates with the water cylinder 13 of an intensifier, which cylinder is fixed to the cap structure 8 and is supported by the frame 1. In line with this cylinder is the steam cylinder 14 of the intensifier whose piston 15 has directly connected to it the plunger 16 which operates within the water cylinder 13. The plunger 10 is held to the cap structure 8 by bolts, of which one is indicated at 17, and in order ,to prevent leakage of water between the plunger and the cylinder, I provide a gland 18 having adjacent its upper end an annular series of radially projecting teeth 19 designed to fit between tooth shaped projections formed at the upper edge of the bore of the cylinder 4; the arrangement and proportion of parts being such that the teeth of the gland may enter the spaces between the projections of the cylinder and after passing below them, be brought respectively under the same by a partial revolution of said gland. Such revolution may be accomplished by providing a portion of the upper edge of the gland with gear teeth 20, and mounting on the upper edge of the cylinder 4 a removable toothed segment 21 in such position as to engage these teeth. Said seg-.

ment is provided with an operating handle 22 and ithasan axial spindle 23 fitting into at the point where it enters said cylinder;

being confined in above noted. L

The hydraulic cylinder 4 has connectedto place by the gland 18 as its upper end a pair of oppositely disposed rods 26 whose upper'end's are connected to a cross'hea'd 27, which, as shown in Fig. 3, is in turn directly'connected to the piston rod 28 of a pull back cylinder 29; the rod being attached to a piston 30 of said cylinder in any suitable manner. The cylinder itselfis mounted directly upon the top of the cap structure 8 and steam is delivered to and exhausted from it through a valve 31. This latter is illustrated in detail in Fig. 6

and consists of a casing having a steam inlet pipe 32, a steam exhaust pipe 33, and a passage 34 leading to lower end of the pull-back cylinder 29. The casing of the valve has a vertically extending cylindrical cavity in which is mounted a bushing or cage 35 hav; ifig within it the movable element 36 of the valve. Said element or valve proper has connected to it an operating rod 37 passing through a stufling box 38 in the bonnet or cover 39 of the valve casing and connected to a lever 40 fulcrumed on'the bracket 41 carried by the valve casing. The movable element of the valve is normally maintained in a position permitting the steam to flow through the inlet pipe 32 to the passage 34 leading to the cylinder 29 by means of a spring 42, and also by reason of the steam pressure acting on the valve as a differential piston. Said spring acts between a plate 43 :on the rod 37 and a second plate 44 connected by side bolts 45 with the valve casing structure.

Mounted on the cap structure 8 is a check valve 46 of the construction shown in Figs. 7 and 8, connected through a passage 47 with the conduit 11 of the cap structure, and also connected through a pipe 48 with a water supply cylinder 49 hereafter described. By means of a spring 50, the movable element 51 of this valve tends to remain in such a position as to cut ofi flow of fluid from the passage 11 to the pipe 48, although when desired it may be brought to its open position by means of a lever 52 acting on a rod or extension 53 connected to said element 51. This lever 52 is connected through a rod'54 to the single operatifig lever of the ress in a manner hereafter described, an the lever 40 of the controlling valve for the pull-back cylinder is likewise connected to said operating or controlling lever through a rod 55.

The water cylinder 49, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 12, is preferably though not necessarily, mounted on the main frame 1 of the press, having within it a piston 56 connected through a rod 57 with a piston 58 of the steam cylinder 59. This latter cylinder is connected through a pipe 60 with a suitable source ofsteam at a substantially constant pressure so that under operating conditions the steam at all times exerts pressure on the piston 58 and through the rod 57 and piston 56, causes pressure to be exerted on the body of water withinthe cylinder 49.,above this latter piston.

The water supply cylinder 49 is connected,

5 to the check va ve 46 as above noted, by a pipe 48 which enters, its upper portion, and 1t 13 supplied with water by meansof a steam pum 01' shown as mounted on the vtop of sai cylinder. While the inlet 62 of the water cylinder 63 of this pump: is connected to any suitable source, its discharge. pipe 64 empties directl into the cylinder 49 and the 0 'eration o the pump is controlled automatically by the mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 12. For this purpose there is provided a rod. 65 guided at the side of the water cylinder 49 and having on its lower-end a tappet 66, extendin into said c linder in ition to be-engage and move downwar ly whenever the'piston56'is at or immediately adjacent the lowest portion of its stroke. Said rod with this tappet normally tends to remain in its uppermost position under the action of the spring 67 as shown in Fig. 1.

Mounted on the main frame 1 of the'press adjacent the press cylinder 4 is a lever arm 68 so placed as to be engaged and turned on its supporting spindle'69 by a projection 80 70 on the lower end of said cylinder 4,

-- whenever the latter is at the upper end of its stroke.

a second lever arm 71 connect through a rod or link 72 with one arm 73 of a lever mounted on the water cylinder 49 and having its second arm 74 pivoted to one end of a bar 75 whose second end is pivoted. .to the rod65. The steam'supply p1 e 76 for the pump 60 has in it a norma y closed throttle valve 77 provided with an operating stem 78 so placed as to be moved upwardl'y so as to open S id valve whenever? the link 75 is moved upwardly by the lever.

arm 74 as hereafter described.

is provided wit a steam valve 80 and an exhaust valve 81 mounted adjacent its lower end and connected to control the flow of steam toward and from said end; While these valves are of an. suitable construction, I preferably make t em as shown in Fig. 5, with piston drop valves 82 and 83, of which the first has connected to it an operating' rod '84 at all times acted on byia s rin 85 so asto be normall held in its 0 ose position thereby as wel as by the steam pressure. The exhaust valve 83 is also of the piston pe and has a controlling rod 86v through w ich it is. normally hel closed by .means of a spring 87 and steam pressure. For operatin these valves I provide a rotatable spind e 88, suitably supported on the valve casing structure andhaving fixed to it an arm Bil-connected through a link 90 with the single controlling the steam cylinder of the intensifier isshown Fastened to saids mdle 69 is 'volves a slot of T section formed in a part In this slot is mounted a block 101 prefer- The. steam c linder 14 of the intensifier tudinally by it, and thereby cause closing of lever 100, as hereafter described. Pinned otherwise suitably fixed to-thisspindle 88 is asecond lever arm 91' movably connected to one arm of a lever 92 fulcrumed to a sleeve slidable'on the steam valve rod 8 70 the arrangement being such that upward movement of the lever 92 from its normal position raises the valve rod through an abutment thereon, while downward movement of said sleeve does not afiect said rod. The other arm of the lever 92 is connected through an adjustable link 93 and a bellcrank lever 94 with a rod 95 in turn connected to the floating valve gear herein described. Y

Rotatably mounted on the s indle 88-are two levers 96 which at one end are pivoted to the sleeve on the steam valve rod 84 and at their opposite ends are pivoted to a second sleeve on the exhaust valve rod 86,.the arrangement being such that when the steam valve is'open and the exhaust valve closed, a movement of the long arm of the lever 92 in the direction of the arrow, (Fig. 5), first permits closing of said steam valve under the a'ction of the spring 85, and if continued, thereafter causes opening of the exhaust valve by reason of the action of the sleeve 86* on the abutment 86" on the rod 86. g The floating'or automatic valve gear of 95 in detail in Figs. 14 to 16, inclusive, and inof the piston 15- projecting from or constituti-n a portion of its outer or upper face.

ably formed at its outer end for the reception of a rod 102 which extends through the upper head 104. of the cylinder 14, and is slidable within a rotatable externally threaded bushin 103 mounted in said head. This rod 102 is ormed with an elongated helical slot 105, designed to receive a key or lme 106 fixed to or forming part of .the bu ing 103,

so as to compel rotation of the latter when 7 said rod 'is moved longitudinally through it. That ortion of the bushing 103 projecting beyon the cylinder head is provided with threads 10.7 for the reception -of a correspondingly threaded nut 108 guided and pre- 2115 vented from rotation by means of a projecting track structure 109 carried by the'cyhnder head 104. Thus while the nutr108 is free to move longitudinallyv on its guide or track v i 109 toward and from the cylinder head 104 under the action of the rotatable nut 103,'it cannot turn. The rod 95, however, is con nected "to this nut so as to be moved longithe steam valve with or without openi of the exhaust valve, as hereafter describe The single operating lever 100is loosely mounted ona stud bolt 110 at one side of" the frame 1, as shown in .Fig. 1, and has pivotally mounted on' it within a short distancev of said stud a plate 111, shown in Fig. 20, rigidly fixed .to or formed integral with a pivot bolt 112. Projecting from this plate, is a pawl 113 and a trip projection 114, of which the latter is designed to be acted upon by the specially formed edge of a segment 115 non-rotatably fixed on the stud bolt 110 by means of two stud bolts extending into the frame. This segment, as shown in Fig. 21', has a projecting tooth 116 and a shoulder 117 either of which may act on the projection 114 of the plate 111, as hereafter described.

Slidably mounted on the operating lever 100 is a longitudinally extending rod 118 carrying at its inner end a trigger 119 and at its opposite end provided with a hand grip 120 adjacent to a handle 121, mounted on or formed as part of the outer end of said operating lever. A spring 122 so acts on the rod 118 that it is normally retained in its outer position and the .plate 111 is provided with an opening or recess 123, as shown in i Fig. 20, for the reception of the trigger 119;

said recess having a shoulder 124 for engage ment with said trigger whereby the plate may be held in a definite position.

A spring 125 is mounted on the inner end of the controlling lever 100, with one of its ends connected to said lever, and its opposite end connected through a washer 126 and the pivot bolt 112 with the plate 111; the parts being so assembled that the shoulder 124 of said plate is normally pressed against the trigger 119. The arrangement is such that when, through pressure exerted on the hand grip 120, the trigger is moved out of engagement wit-h the shoulder 124, the plate 111 is tree to turn to a limited extent relatively to the operating lever 100, as determined by the recess which is entered by said trigger.

Asshown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the operating lever 100 is connected to the link 90 for operating the steam inlet and exhaust valves of the intensifier cylinder 14, so that any movement of said lover necessarily involves a movement of said link and the valve mechunism.

Also mounted on the stud bolt'110 is a lever 127, one of whose arms is connected through the rod 54 with the check valve 46 while its other arm is provided with a lug 128 projecting at right angles to its general plane, so that under certain conditions, it may be engaged and moved by the pawl 11 3 of the plate 111. Immediately adjacent this lever 127 on the stud bolt 110, is a second lever 129, one of whose arms is connected through the rod 55 with the controlling valve of the pull back cylinder 29 while its second arm is provided with a projection 130, which, ike the projection 128 of the lever 127, extends into the path of movement of the pawl 113. In addition this lever 129 has a second projecting lug 131 capable of engaging the lever 127 and moving it when said first lever is actuated under pre-determined conditions.

Under operating conditions steam at about 125 lbs. pressure-is supplied from a suitable source to the valve 31 of the pull back cylinder and since, as noted, said valve is normally in its open position, such steam passes to the pull back cylinder 29 under the piston 30 which is thereby raised to the top of said cylinder. As a consequence the press cylinder 4 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3, with theupper anvil raised to the upper end of its stroke. sumed that the cylinder 49 has previously been filled with water, steam at about 125 lbs. pressure to the square inch is now admitted through the pipe 60 under the piston 58 of the cylinder 59 and at the same time steam is also admitted to the steam cylinder 61 of the pump. If now the operating lever 100 be moved from its central position to the position shown in Fig. 27, and thereafter the rod 118 be moved inwardly by pressure upon the handle grip 120, the Spring 125 will act to cause the trigger 119 to disengage the shoulder 124 of the plate 111 so that this will move to the position illustrated in Fig. 27 with its pawl 113 in position to engage the lug 128. Said operating lever is now moved toward the neutral position shown in Fig.

24, whereupon the pawl 113 through ,said

lug 128 turns the lever 127 on its pivot bolt and through the rod 54 opens the check valve 46. As a consequence, water is forced from the cylinder 49 through the pipe 48 into the passage 11 of the cap 8 and into the water cylinder 13 of the intensifier, as well as into the plunger 10 and the cylinder 4, filling all spaces. Thereafter movement of the operating lever to its neutral position causes the toeor projection 114 of the plate 111 to engage the tooth 116 of the fixed segment 115 with the result that said plate'is turned on its pivot into such a position that the pawl 113 releases the lug 128 and permits the lever 127 to move to such a position as to allow closing of the valve 46. At the same time the trigger 119, under the action of its spring 122, returns to the position shown in Fig. 24, while the plate is held in its releasing position by the trigger 119. Shortly thereafter the continued operation of the steam pump 60 again fills the tank 49 with water so that its piston56 is forced down and finally comes into engagement with the tappet 66, pushing this with the rod 65 downwardly. The link 75 is thus moved down and the valve rod 78 is therefore free to move down under the action of the steam passing through the valve 77 which is thus closed. It will be understood that the above noted action occurs against the steam pressure of about 125 pounds to the square inch on the piston 58 in the cylinder 59, and if If it be asits uppermost 61 and water would be forced intothe' nk' 49 to replace that forced from itthrough the pipe 48 to the press cylinder or to the water cylinder of the intensifier. If it now be assumed that the press cylinder 4 and the passages 12 and.11,with the water cylinder 13, are filled, the machine is ready for opera; tion and if it be desired to operate theintensifier alone, the operating handle 100 is moved toward the left from its central or neutral positlon, shown in Fig. 24 and in d-icated at m in Fig; 29. When it reaches the position indicated at 422 the valve 82 begins to open by reason of the movement transmitted from the lever IOO'through the rod 90, levers 89, 91 and 92, thereby admitting steam tothe cylinder 14 of the intensifier. Thepiston 15 of said cylinder is thereby moved so as to force the ram 16 into the water cylinder 13 with the result that the press cylinder 4 is forced downwardly through a high pressure working stroke which may vary from 3 to inches. By the time that the operating lever reaches the position indicated at w in Fig. 29, the steam valve 82 is full open and the intensifier is thus permitted to deliver its full working stroke. It is to be noted, however, that under the action of the floating valve gear,

' the piston 15 is caused'to move a distance which depends precisely (upon the amount of movement given to the operating lever, for as the ram- '16 is, forced into the cylinder 13, the rod 102 through the key 106 rotates the bushing 103. -""This so moves the nut s and therod 95 that the lever 94, the link 93, and lever 92, are moved to close the admission valve 82. Should the piston still continue to move after the steam valve had been closed owing to the expansion of the steam already in the cylinder 14, the con tinued turning of the bushing 107, throu h the above described parts, would so move t e lever 92 as to open the exhaust valve 83 through \the levers 96 and the rod 86, it being noted that the mountin of the levers 96 and 92 on the rod 84 is suc as topermit of their-sliding downon said rod to cause the above described movement of said-levers .96.

Since the forcing downwardly of thepr'ess cylinder in its guides to make a working stroke is necessarily in 0 position to the force of steam exerted in -t e pull back cyl inder, the opening of the exhaust valve 83- of the intensifier at once permits the steam in said pull back cylinder to act through the piston 30, piston rod 28, cross head 27,

wardly.

and side bars 26, to again raise the press cylinder 4 to'its upper position. The return of the lever 100 from the position 0: toward' itsneutral or centralposltion causes it on reaching the, position indicated at m toopen the exhaust valve 83 after closing the steam valve 82, even if said exhaust valve had been opened by the excessive travel of the inten sifier piston 15'as above noted. If the pieceto be forged be of suchdimensions that it is necessary to lower theupper anvil 3 prior to the beginning of the working stroke of the intensifier, 'pressure'is exerted upon the hand grip 120 so as to move the trigger 119 out of engagement with the shoulder 124 of the plate 111, which'at once turns relatively to the operating lever-100 under the action of the spring 125 soas to raise the pawl into posit on to engage the lug 130 of the lever 129. As the operating lever 100 is thereafter moved from its central position :0 (Flg. 30), said .pawl by reason of its engagemen't with the lug 1 30, moves the lever 129 with its connected parts so that when the operating the steam va ve 36 of the pull back cylinder is closed; at the same time, owing to the engagement of the lug 131 of the lever 129' with the, leverv 127, the check valve 46 is caused to open. Owing to the continued pressure of steam in the cylinder 59 acting on the piston 58, water is forced from the cylinder 49 through the pi 48 and. check valve 46, the valve being- :22? (Fig.- 30), and since the controlling valve of the pull back cylinder is in its. exhausting position, the press cylinder 4 is moved down- The operating lever with its various parts then'occu ies the position shown in Fig. 26, and a sight further'movement of the said lever results in the shoulder 117 of the segment 1'15 act' on the projection 114 of the plate 111, causing said plate to be turned and the pawl 113 moved out of engagement'with the lug 130.. By the time, therefore,- that the press cylinder with the lever reaches the position m,

, open by. the time the operating lever reaches the position upper anvil lias.moved down into engagement with thep'iece to be operated onas above described, the lever 129 under the action of the spring of the valve 31 has returned to its neutral position, as has also the lever 127, under the action of the spring forming art of the check valve 46. The movable e ement of the valve 31 thus returns tothe osition in which steam is admitted to the pu -back cylinder and the inovable element 51 of the check valve immediately returnsto a position in which communication between the pipe 48 and the passage 11is cut oil. The further movement of the lever 100 to the positions w, 2; and a, then brin the intensifier into action,causes it to ma e its full working stroke and finally, when the lever again approaches its central position,

brings the various parts into the positions shown in Fig. 1, with the exception that the press cylinder 4 is only partially raised since it ocupies a position in which it is ready for another working stroke of the intensifier.

4 in'order that it may operate on a piece of work of larger dimensions, the lever 100 is moved from its central position x first toward the right as shown in Fig. 31, andwhen it reaches the extreme limit of its movement as shown inFig. 27 and as indicated at m, the hand grip 120 is pressed inwardly thereby causing the trigger 119 to disengage the shoulder 124 as previously described. In this instance, however, the pawl 113 occupies such a position as to engage the lug 128 of the lever 127 as the operating lever 100 is returned toward its central position. By the time that the lever 100 has reached the position :11, the check valve 16, under action of the lever 127 is fully opened, thus placing the interior of.

the press cylinder and the intensifier in communication with the pipe 48 and permittingt e said cylinder to move upwardly under action of the steam in the pull back cylinder 29 as the water flows into the cyl inder tank 49. After the press cylinder has risen to the proper height, the movement of the operating lever 100 to its central position causes the projection 114 of the plate 111 to engage the tooth 116 of the fixed seg-.

ment 115 thereby so moving said plate as to turn the pawl 114 out of engagement with the lug 128 of the lever 129 as shown in Fig. 28 and consequently allowing the check valve 46 to close. If now the operating lever be moved to the position 00 the intensifier begins its working stroke as described in connection with the diagram shown in Fig. 29, while as the saidlever moves to the position :2 and is thereafter returned to its central. position, the intensifier completes its working stroke and the press cylinder with the upper anvil is again returned to its upper position for a new working stroke.

5 ary plunger 10 tothe cap structure 8 and so From the above description, it will be seen that all of the various operations of the press are controlled from the single lever 100 with its hand grip 120 and it is characteristic of my invention that all of its parts are absolutely under the control of the operator at all times ;-that is to say,

the movement of the press cylinder with the upper anvil is dependent upon and takes place in accordance with the movement of.

the operating lever, permitting the press to be used with the utmost accuracy and at a hi h speed.

f at any tune it be found necessary to ex amine or replace the cylinder packing j25, I remove the bolts 17 attaching the stationoperate the controlling lever that the steam is exhausted from the pull-back cylinder.

A block of wood or other'suitable material of the correct size having been previously placed on the lower anvil, the press cylinder If it be desired to raise the press cylinder 4 with the plunger 10 then moves downwardly into the position shown in Fig. 10. Thereafter the operating lever 22 may be placed in the positions shown in Figs. 9 and 11, with its teeth 21 in mesh with the teeth 20 of the gland 18. A suitable movement of said lever 22 then gives a partial revolution to the flange, bringing its teeth 19 into line with the spaces between the projections of the upper end of the cylinder 4:, whereupon said gland may be loosened and pulled upwardly by screwing down the bolts 24. Thereafter the gland may be lifted by hand or otherwise into the position shown in Fig. 10, while the packing 25 may likewise be .raised and if desired removed through the space between the plunger 10 and the bolting face of the cap structure 8. By a reversal of the above described operations, a new packing may be put in place with the expenditure of a minimum of time and labor and after the gland has been replaced, the admission of steam to the pull-back cylinder will cause the press cylinder 4 and the plunger 10 to be returned to the positions shown in Fig. 9, after which the bolts.17 may be caused to rigidly connect the plunger to the cap structure.

If at any time there is a deficiency of water in the press or its associated apparatus, the raising of the press cylinder to its highest position so moves the link 7 5 through the lever 7 374, rod 72 and lever arms 71 and 68 as to open the steam valve 77, after which the steam pump 61 operates until the cylinder 49 is sufliciently filled with water to cause its piston 56 to force the rod 65 into position to allow closing of the valve 77.

As shown in Fig. 1, I preferably equip the press with three pressure gages, of which that on the left hand is connected to indicate the pressure in the tank 49 and should be capable of reading to at least 50 lbs. to the square inch; the gage on the extreme right hand side is connected to the steam supply pipe for theintensifier and should read to at least 150 lbs. to the square inch; while the middle gageis connected to the water cylinder of the intensifier and intensifier; a rotary threaded bushing s lined to said rod; a nut mounted on the -t readed part'of the bushing; .and means 'for' connecting said nut with the steam valve.

2- The combination in a forging press'of a high pressure cylinder; .an intensifier therefor including a steam cylinder and a' steam-valve; a spirally grooved rod connected to the piston of said steam cylinder;

; a rotary bushing mounted in the upper head of the cylinder and splined to the rod; a nutthreaded on the bushing and free to movelongitlidinally of the bushing witliout rotating; means for connecting said nut to the steam valve; and means for opening said valve at will. 3. The combination in a forging press including a steam hydraulic intensifier and a' pull back cylinder, of a steam valve for the intensifier; asteam valve for the pull back cylinder; a water'valve; and a.single-controlling lever governing the operation of said valves; with means for connecting said lever at will to said two last named valves.

4. The combination in a forging press including a steam hydraulic intensifier and a pull back cylinder of a steam valve for the intensifier; a steam valve for the pull back cylinder; a water valve; and a single controlling lever governing the operation of said valves; sald lever being ermanently connected to the steam valve 0 the intensifier and attachable at will to 'the steam valve of the valve. U

5. The combination in a forging pressinpull back cylinder and to'thewater cluding a steam hydraulic intensifier and a pull back cylinder of, a steam valve for the intensifier; a steam valve for the pull back cylinder; a water valve; a single controlling lever governing the operation of said valves; with means for detachably connecting the lever at will either-to the water valve or to the steam valve of the pull back cylinder.

' 6". The combination in a forging press including a steam, hydraulic intensifier and a pull back cylinder of a steam valve for the intensifier; a steam valve tor the pull back cylinder; a water valve; a single controlling lever governing.'the operation of said valves; means for detachably connecting the lever at will either to the water valve or to the steam valve of the pull back cylinder; and means permanently connecting.

the lever to the steam valve ofthe intensifier.

' 7. The combination in a forgin press including a steam hydraulic intensi er and a pull back cylinder of a steam valve for the intensifier; a steam valve for the back cylinder; a water valve; a single controlling lever governing the operation of said valves; means for detachably connecting either the water valve or the valve of the pull back cylinder to said operating lever at will; andmeans for causing both of said valves to be operated together under a the action of said lever.

8. ljhe combination in a'fo'rging press including a steam hydraulic intensifier and a pull back cylinder of a steam valve for the intensifier; a steam valve for the pullback .the in nsifier;'a steam valve for the pull back cylinder; a water valve; and asingle controlling. lever governing. the operation -of said valves; said lever including two independently movable structures respectively connected to the water valve and to the.

steam .valve of the pullback cylinder; a pawl for-connecting either of said structures to the lever; and, a device for controlling the action of the pawl; one of said structures being formed to engage and move the other under predetermined conditions.

10. The combination in aforging press of a main pressure cylinder; a steam hydraulic;

intensifier; a water: supply cylinder connected to the main pressure cylinder; ,a

pump' for delivering water to said water cylinder having a steam valve and automatic means for controlling the said valve and thereby controlling the operation of the" pump; the same consisting of mecha-' nism engaged by the movable member of the press when this is in its upper position,

to open the steam valve; with mechanism controlled by the amount ofiwater in the cylinder for permitting closing of the steam valve whenthere is a predetermined amount of water'in said cylinder.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I HUGO HAISS.

Witnesses: WILIZIAM E. BRADLEY,

WM. A. BARR. 

